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Tony Devenish: Which London boroughs have seen a decrease in bus mileage since May 2016?

The Mayor: Transport for London (TfL) is changing bus services across London to make the bus network more efficient, improve connections and more closely match service capacity to customer demand. Borough-level data is produced on an annual basis, so the list below does not reflect recent changes such as the West London enhancements introduced in December 2019. TfL will update the list once 2019/20 data becomes available in the middle of 2020.
There was a 4 per cent reduction in bus mileage inner London boroughs, compared with a 2 per cent reduction in outer London boroughs. Between the financial years 2016/17 and 2018/19, the following boroughs have seen a decrease in bus mileage:
TfL has committed to growing the outer London bus network by 5 million kilometres over the next five years to accommodate growth and encourage new bus journeys. TfL has also invested significantly in other sustainable transport modes across London. For example, by May 2020 it will have trebled the amount of protected cycle routes across London since 2016. In the same period, TfL has introduced new timetables on the Victoria line and improved frequency on the Jubilee and Northern Lines to increase capacity. It has introduced new timetables on the tram network to provide a more regular service and has also invested in longer, electric trains on the Gospel Oak to Barking line and frequency improvements on other London Overground routes.